MPERC Determines Tariffs for Solar Power Projects
Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission recently released its tariff order for energy procured from solar power based projects for the control period from 31st March 2016 to 31st 2019. The tariff determined by the Commission in this will be applicable to the following Projects located in the State of Madhya Pradesh and selling electricity to the distribution licensees within Madhya Pradesh only:-
(a) Solar PV Power Plants
(b) Solar Thermal Power Plants
The Commission came out; vide its proposal for categorization of solar PV and thermal projects as well as for fixing the norms for technological specific parameters.
The Commission has fixed the normative capital costs inclusive of all components as well as taxes etc. for solar thermal and solar PV projects by keeping in line with the CERC benchmark capital cost of Rs. 12 Crore and 5.3crores per MW for 2016-17. The graphs below gives a comparison of the Capital cost and levelized tariff from the previous control period:
The MPERC Regulation can be accessed here.
The MPERC Previous tariff Order can be accessed here.